The head of the CEC said that Navalny will be able to participate in presidential elections if it will remove the criminal record or the law will change

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny will be able to take part in the Russian presidential election in 2018, if it will remove the record or to change the law, said Chairman of the Central election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova in an interview with RBC.

According to her, «the first miracle» can happen if a politician will write the appeal and the relevant judicial authority will cancel the existing sentences, and the «second miracle» – if you urgently amend the Federal election laws that would allow him to participate in the elections in the presence of a criminal record.

Pamfilova said that the probability «of such a hypothetical miracles is negligible». She stressed that in this regard he sees no way to register Navalny to participate in the presidential elections.

CEC head added that the policy «there is no campaign – there is a deliberate political actions promoted on the dubious premise that this is a presidential campaign.»

She said that if criminal records with the Bulk will not remove, and the laws will remain the same, then no it will not make a policy to register to participate in the presidential elections, «even if the pressure will be on all sides».

13 December 2016 Navalny announced the decision to participate in elections of the President of Russia. He said that goes to the polls «program on how to make Russia a fair and modern.»

8 February 2017 in re charges of embezzlement in especially large amount in the company «Kirovles» Leninsky district court in Kirov (Russia) found Navalny guilty and sentenced him to five years imprisonment and sentenced him to a fine in the amount of 500 thousand rubles.

Speaking on 3 February with the last word in the revision of the Affairs of the company «Kirovles», the politician said that the verdict will not stop his campaign for President of Russia.

The head of the CEC said that Navalny will be able to participate in presidential elections if it will remove the criminal record or the law will change 15.08.2017